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Saving the guns at Colenso, by Sidney Paget, depicts the event that resulted in the 2nd Division earning four Victoria Cross medals. The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories.
The Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration that may be bestowed upon members of the British or Commonwealth armed forces for acts of valour or gallantry performed in the face of the enemy. Within the British honours system and those of many Commonwealth nations it is the highest award a soldier can receive for actions in combat. It was established in 1856 and since ...
The Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the United Kingdom honours system. It is awarded for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" to members of the British armed forces. It may be awarded posthumously. It was previously awarded to Commonwealth countries, most of which have established their own honours systems and no longer recommend British honours. It may be ...
Royal Field Artillery: 15 December 1899: Battle of Colenso, South Africa Charles Parker: Royal Horse Artillery: 31 March 1900: Korn Spruit, South Africa Francis Parsons: Essex Regiment: 18 February 1900* Battle of Paardeberg, South Africa Edmund Phipps-Hornby: Royal Horse Artillery: 31 March 1900: Korn Spruit, South Africa
Irish member of the Royal Field Artillery (1904) The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry. [1] It was created as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 1 July 1899, serving alongside the other two arms of the regiment, the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) and the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA).
Brigades (battalion-sized units) of the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army (Regular, Militia, Territorial Force and Territorial Army) between 1900 when they were first formed as permanent units (designated 'Brigade-Divisions' until 1903) and 1924 when the RFA was consolidated into the Royal Regiment of Artillery, after which they became Field Brigades, RA.
Battery Sergeant Major S. A. Long, C/114th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Manor Park) Sergeant R. J. Wildman, 9th S. Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment (Lancaster) For distinguished services in connection with Military Operations with the British Forces in Egypt:
This is a list of Military Crosses (MC) awards in the 1919 Birthday Honours.. The 1919 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire.